Title: Senior Application Programmer –Mainframe Systems
Location: Onsite Role in Downey, CA
Duration: 12 months contract with high possibility of extension
Additional Information- Assignment requires onsite work 5 days (M-F) per week initially for at least 6 months.
- Gradual allowance of up to 2 days telework depending on current project requirements.
- At least 7 years’experience in ADABAS/NATURAL programming is mandatory.
Position Description- Responsible for leading and/or working on the most complex IT applications design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new or existing applications software.
- Analyze and refine systems requirements.
- Translate systems requirements into applications prototypes.
- Plan and design systems architecture.
- Write, debug, and maintain code.
- Determine and design applications architecture.
- Determine output media/formats.
- Design user interfaces.
- Work with customers to test applications.
- Assure software and systems quality and functionality.
- Integrate hardware and software components.
- Write and maintain program documentation.
- Evaluate new applications software technologies.
- Ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices to the delivery of application software services.
Skills Required- Knowledge and experience in applications software development principles and methods sufficient to participate in the design, development, testing, and implementation of new or modified applications software.
- Knowledge of organization’s operational environment.
- Knowledge of software design principles, methods, and approaches.
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing, and integrating new and/or reusable systems components.
- Knowledge of pertinent government regulations.
- Knowledge of infrastructure requirements and database management principles and methodologies, including:
- Data structures
- Data modeling
- Data warehousing
- Transaction processing
- Knowledge of functionality and operability of the current operating environment.
- Knowledge of systems engineering concepts and factors such as:
- Structured design
- Supportability
- Reliability
- Scalability
- Maintainability
- Knowledge of optimization concepts and methods.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.
- Ability to speak and write effectively and prepare effective reports.
Additional Skills Required- Must have a strong background in ADABAS/NATURAL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Predict, and N2O.
Experience Required- Minimum seven (7) years of experience in electronic data processing systems design and programming with one or more of the following:
- Languages: COBOL, Natural/ SuperNatural, IMS/DB/DC, DB2/SQL, Assembler, SAS, CICS;MF FOCUS.
- Tools/Utilities: MVS JCL, MVS TSO/ISPF, IBM OPTIM, FILE MANAGER, SPUFI, ICEMAN/ICETOOLS, SORT, VSAM, CLIST, FTP, DYL260/280, CA GEN (COOLGEN),
- CA ENDEVOR, CA SPOOL, CA OM WEB VIEWER, IBM WEBSPHERE, DEBUGGER, N2O.
- Databases: DB2, IMS, ADABAS, FOCUS;OS: z/OS
- Other: EntireX, ASP, HTML, Cloverleaf.
Additional Experience Required- Minimum seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in ADABAS/NATURAL programming within a mainframe environment.
Required Proficiency- Language: Natural
- Database: ADABAS
- Tools and Utilities: JCL, TSO/ISPF, Predict, N2O, CA Spool
- Operating System: z/OS
- Additional Technologies: EntireX, Supernatural, Cloverleaf
Education Required- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field.
- Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
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TPI Global (formerly Tech Providers, Inc.)